Necktie



March 20, 1951 E. RINEHART 2,545,971

NECKTIE Filed Aug. 4, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 1951 E. RINEHART2,545,971

NECKTIE Filed Aug. 4, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 20, 1951UNITED STATES NECKTIE Ernestine Rineha'rt, New York, N. Y. ApplicationAugust-4, 1950, Serial No. 177,623

This invention relates to articles of apparel and relates moreparticularlyto a novel necktie which is secured to the front section ofthe neckband of the shirt and without any portion of the tie encirclingthe neck of the wearer.

In accordance with the present invention a short bar or band is utilizedat the front of the collar band of the shirt over which the tie passeswherein it is tied in substantially the same manner as the usualfour-in-hand tie is tied. If, however, a tie of normal construction wereso tied and the two terminal sections depended downwardly in the usualfashion, the rear section would present its rear rather than its frontface.

The tie of the present invention is so formed that when lying on a flatsurface the front side at one end faces upwardly and at the other end itfaces downwardly. Thus, when it is draped over the supporting bar bothterminal sections face forwardly and the tie when knotted has preciselythe same appearance as the ordinary four-in-hand tie. From thestandpoint of comfort, however, the tie of the present invention is avast improvement over existing long ties since it does not encircle theneck of the wearer. This front and back arrangement at opposite ends ofthe same surface of the tie is achieved by forming a blank of specialcontour and having unique fold lines andlines of stitching. Theprincipal fold line is one which is a longitudinal one extendinggenerally centrally of the blank from end to end, but which extendsslightly diagonally fromone side of the blank at one end to the otherside at the opposite end. Otherlongi- .tudinal'fold lines extend on thesides opposite the long :fold line and form therewith overlapping flapsfor the rear faces of the front and rear sections. 1 :Another object ofthe invention is to provide a tie which may be of substantially lesserlength than a long tie of normal construction since the portionextending around the neck of the wearer is eliminated. This effects aconsiderable saving of material.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie of the characterdescribed which can be tied much more easily than a conventional longtie. I .1Another important object is the provision of a tyingarrangement wherein the'wear on the edges of the tie at the knottedsection is greatly reduced, thus increasing the effective life of thetie'since the only substantial wear occurs at this section.

BClaims. (01. 2-146) The horizontalbar or tie-supporting member,

which is secured at opposite ends to the neck band may take a variety offorms, several ofwhich are illustrated in the drawing.

Another object of the'invention is the provision of a novel method formakingties of the character just described.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application,Serial No. 168,824 filed June 17, 1950, now abandoned.

In the drawings:

, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shirt collar.

with one point thereof turned upwardly to illustrate one embodiment of"the tie attachment means.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same embodiment with the shirtcollar partially opened and the attaching means disengaged.

. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a shirt collar,

with both points thereof turned upwardly to illustrate a furtherembodiment of the tie 313-. taching means.

Fig. 4 is an elevationalview of the novel tie folded substantially inhalf. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe novel tie showing one side thereofwith the front .and back sections. at oppositeends of the same surface.Fig. 6 is a plan view illustrating the opposite surface of the tie.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank shown in partially folded condition.

Fig.:8 is a front view of a portion of the tie showing the foldin-dotted line. I

Fig. 9.is a perspective sectioned rearview taken along line 9-9 of Fig.8 of the tie illustrating. the folds thereof and with a lower foldturned outwardly. I

Fig.,10 is a plan view ofa blank showing a modified construction.

Fig. 11 shows the reverse side of the tie after the formation of thestitch line.

Referring to Figs 1 and 2, there is shown therein a shirt l0 having aconventional collar I I, with points l2 thereon. ,One of the points I2is shown turned upwardly to expose a strap. or bar I 3. which issecuredby stitch line H to flap vl5 ofthe shirt H1. The other end of thestrap l3 has formed therein an aperture l6 which is adapted to encirclea button ll. The button ll is se cured to the flap 18 of shirt). Thestrap l3 has a second stitch line 20' which secures the saidstrap to theflap. The button fastener l1 enacts with the strap Hi to retain theshirt collar in closed position in a. manner similar to the con;ventional shirt collar button widely utilizedand well known in the art.The portion of strap I3 intermediate the stitch lines [4 and 20 is notsecured to the shirt and provides a means by which a tie may be securedthereto. The portion to the left of stitch line 20 may be formed from aseparate piece of material and may utilize a snap fastener.

The advantage of the arrangement of Fig. 1 is that the shirt flap may beopened for any reason without disturbing the tie.

Illustrated in Fig. 3 is another form of strap 21 which is secured tothe shirt flaps 22, 23 by means of button fasteners 24 and 25respectively. In this embodiment the strap 22 is removable in the eventthat the shirt is worn as an open-neck type sports shirt. However, thestrap l3 functions to receive a tie thereon in the aforementionedmanner.

While only two alternate forms of straps have been shown, it is obviousthat many other types may be provided. The straps are of sufficientlength to position the fastening means under the collar tabs withsufficient material therebetween for the tying of a knot thereon. Theknot for securing the hereinafter described tie is of conventional size,therefore the length of the strap is restricted to being greater thanthe width of the space between the collar tabs when the neck of theshirt is closed.

Fig. 4 shows the improved tie of the present invention after it has beenslipped through the loop of the shirt and before it has been tied. Itincludes afront section 33 having a front face 3|, a rear face 32 andside edges 33, and 34 respectively, formed by crease lines, and also hasa pointed terminal portion 35. It further includes a rear section 36 ofsomewhat shorter length and width than the front section and similarlyhas a front face 31, a rear face 38 and opposed side edges 39 and 43,respectively. The rear section may also have a pointed terminal section4|.

Each section is wider at its outer end and inclines inwardly to thepoints 42 and 42' which may be considered as the general location of thetransverse median line YY of the finished necktie .where on sectionmerges into the other.

t will be noted that when the tie is lying flat the. front face'3l ofthe front section, and the rear face 38 of the rear section face in thesame direction so that when in the folded position of Fig. 4 both frontfaces are directed forwardly and the same is true of the tie when tiedin the manner hereinafter described. Thus the tie is the reverse offour-in-hand ties .of usual construction.

' In forming the novel tie a single blank, except for the lining, may beused, such blank being shown in partly folded condition in Fig. '1. Theblank is of elongated shape and has a narrow central section lyingcloser to one end than the other. Broken lines 43 and 44 show thelongitudinal edges of the unfolded blank. The elongated blank has acontinuous longitudinal fold line 41-41 extending somewhat diagonally ofa median line disposed longitudinally of the blank, which line may bedefined asan imaginary longitudinal median line extending through thecenter of the front face 3l of the front section and the front face 31of the rear section of the finished necktie. As viewed in Fig. '1, thismay constitute the straight line X-X connecting the points of theterminal sections 35 and 41 of the blank. It will be noted that foldline 4141 extends from one side of the blank at one end thereof to theoppositeside of the blank at the other end and 4 intersects thisimaginary median line at one point only, namely at a point adjacent thetransverse median line which coincides generally with point 42. Thisfold line may be substantially straight and forms side edge 34 in thefront section, and side edge 43 of the rear section, both lying on thesame side of the tie, i. e., the left side as in Fig. 4. The rear facesof the front and rear sections are each formed by two flaps extendinginwardly from the side edges, one overlapping a portion of the other.These flaps are formed as follows. Above fold line 41 in the frontsection, when viewed as in Fig. '1 there is a flap portion 48 whichforms one side of the rear face of the front section. For the purposeoffinishing the free edge of thi flap the material is turned inwardly at50, along fold line 5 l This fold line extends to the median line Y-Y,dividing the front from the rear section, after which it extendssomewhat outwardly forming outer edge 39 of the latter section. A flapportion 52 forms one side of the rear face of the rear section. It wasearlier pointed out that rear section 33 is somewhat shorter than frontsection 33 in order to have the front and rear sections of the necktie,when tied, as in Fig. l, of approximately the same length. Accordinglythe term transverse median line as used herein and in the appendedclaims is deemed to mean an imaginary line disposed at a point betweenthe two extremities of the necktie so positioned as to accomplish thispurpose, and not one precisely midway between such two extremities.

On the other side of longitudinal fold line 4141' there is a flapportion 55 forming the other side of the rear face of the front sectionand extends along side edge 33. The free edge 56 of the flap portion isturned inwardly as shown at 51 for finishing purposes. Edge 56 extendsto point 42 after which it ceases to be an outside edge. Outer edge 33is substantially straight and runs generally inwardly until it reachespoint 42 after which it becomes line 60 which forms the outer edge ofthe inner face 6| of the rear section of the tie and extends outwardly.Section 62 is the folded-in portion to finish the edge.

If desired a reinforcing blank or liner 64 of the generally rectangularshape shown may be positioned as in Fig. '1 before stitching.

In assembling the tie after all the fold lines have been formed, flap 55is folded inwardly and then flap 48. The latter is then stitched along aportion of fold line 5| to the inner flap. The flap 52 of the rearsection is folded inwardly and then flap 3i and the latter stitched tothe former.

All of the fold lines except 41-41' are shown as being substantiallystraight until they reach the median line at which point they show anabrupt change of direction. In actual practice, however, the change ofdirection may be more gradual, i. e., an intermediate curved section.

It will be seen from the foregoing that fold line 41'41' extending, asit does, diagonally of the blank from one side at one end of the blankto the other side at the other end of the blank would normally beexpected to be positioned along one side of the finished necktie at oneend thereof and along the other side at the other end thereof. Becauseof the unique rotation of the blank such is not the case. In otherwords, when the partially folded blank of Fig. '7 is folded along line41-41 portion 48 lying above fold line 41 becomes one of the back flapsin the front section whereas the portion above line 41' becomes thefront face of the rear section. Hence 5.. fold line 41 which appeared tohave departed to the opposite side of the tie reappears on the same sideof the tie after the blank is folded.

Another consideration is one of importance. The only purpose of flap isto make edge 5! a finished edge and similarly the only purpose of flap62 is to make edge 60 a finished edge. If these two edges weremachine-finished it would not be necessary to fold these edges over.Accordingly in the front section the only necessary fold line, inaddition to line 41, would be fold line 33 which lies in the frontsection opposite to fold line 41. In the rear section only fold line 39would be necessary, such linelying opposite to line 41- If finishingfiaps 50 and 52 were omitted, fold lines 39 and 55 would be deemed toextend up to or only slightly beyond transverse median line- Y--Y andsuch fold lines intersect at one point only in the finished necktie, i.e. adjacent median line Y--Y, as will be evident from an exanimation ofFigs. 5 and 6. In other words, folded edges 5| and 60 are formed onlybecause the usual wearer expects this type of edge finishing in the rearface of a necktie.

In its preferred embodiment the tie, except for the reinforcing strip,is formed from a single blank, or two or more blanks, joined beforefolding. If desired, however, the front and back sections may be formedin the usual manner of a four-in-hand tie, one section reversed, and thetwo joined together along a stitch line which is indicated at in Fig. 6.

In tying the tie the central or median section is placed over the bar ofthe shirt and it occupies the position of Fig. 4. The front section 30is then looped around the back of the rear section and then around the,front, thence over the bar again and finally down through the front ofthe loop.

An alternative method of lining the necktie is shown in Figs. 10 and 11which also illustrate a method of constructing the, tie on modern tiemaking machines wherein a single stitch line joins all the necessaryparts while. the tie is inside-out, after which the parts are righted bythe pulling through operation. Fig. 10 also illustrates clearly what wasjust brought out, namely, that the improved tie of the present inventionreally requires only three fold lines, the longitudinal, diagonallyinclined fold line 14-75 (here running in the opposite direction fromthat shown in Fig. 7 andtwo shorter longitudinal fold lines 16 and 18lying generally parallel with edge sections'8lland 82, respectively.

In view, however, of the new lining arrangement, fold line 76 mergesinto fold line 11, defining sections 85 and 86. Longitudinal edges 80and 81 define sections 83 and 84..

On the other side of the blank, fold line 18 merges into fold line 90and edge 82 merges into edge 91. Thus these lines define sections 92,93, 94 and 95'.

In this instance two elongated blanks MD and H of lining material areused. These blanks are of such length as to overlap slightly at themedian point I02 ofthe finished tie.

Fig. 10' shows the position of the two liners as they would be placedvbefore stitching if the tiewere assembled in, the manner described withreference to'the first embodiment of the invention. Since the tie of thepresent invention is admirably suited to assembly by a single stitchline while the parts are arranged inside-out, and the tie then pulledthrough to right the parts, the method of assembling the parts prior to'shown at 503-494 in Fig. 11.

stitching and the subsequent formation of the stitch line will now bedescribed.

Assume that the liners were first basted in place to preventdisplacement during stitching, although actually this is not necessary.It will further be appreciated that the face of the blank shown in Fig.10 is the inside face and not the outside. The blank is then picked upalong a line defined by its greatest longitudinal axis The portion ofsections 92 and 86 which are exposed in the finished tie are nowface-to-face.

Sections 94 and 83 are now back to back and the stitch line I05coincides generally with fold line 16, the location also being shown inFig. 10 in a dot and dash line at H06.

This stitch line continues into the rear section as shown at iii!wherein it coincides with fold line 18 and for this reason it is shownas a full line. Its location is shown in Fig. 10 at it. The tie is nowready to be pulled through and when this has been done it is ready foruse, providing of course that the fold lines have been made prior tostitching. If not, the fold lines can be formed at this time.

It will be appreciated that the tie of the present invention may beformed on the bias of the material relative to the central longitudinalmedian line of the tie or it may be formed on the straight if desired.In Figs. 5, 6 and '7 the bias arrangement is shown and one essentiallyunique feature of the present invention resides in the fact that if thetie is formed from a single blank the grain line of material on thefront face of the front section relative to the central longitudinalmedian line is on substantially the exact angle as is the grain line onthe front face of the rear section.

This unusual result lends itself particularly to patterns havingparallel stripes running in one or more directions. In the event thatthe width of the material used is relatively more narrow and it istherefore desired to form the blank in two pieces with a stitch linenear the central transverse median line of the tie, the grain lines ofthe two sections may be appropriately adjusted to"secure the foregoingadvantage.

While three forms or embodiments of the in vention have been shown anddescribed herein for illustrative purposes, and the construction andarrangement incidental to three specific applications thereof have beendisclosed and discussed in detail, it is to be understood that theinvention is limited neither to the mere details or relative arrangementof parts, norto its specific embodiments shown herein, but thatextensive deviations from the illustrated forms or embodiments of theinvention may be made without departing from the principles thereof.

What I claim is: 1. A necktie having front and rear'sections, eachhaving front and rear faces, the front face of the front section and therear face of the rear section being arranged to face in the samedirection when the tie is lying fiat so that both front faces face inthe same direction when the tie is folded along a transverse medianline, the tie being formed from an elongated blank having a narrowedcentral section and a fold line extending from end to end of said blankin a direction which is generally diagonal to a median line disposedlongitudinally of such blank and which in tersects such line at a pointadjacent the transverse median line, and a shorter longitudinal foldline at each end of the blank on opposite sides thereof extending intothe central section of the blank, such shorter fold lines defining rearflaps on one side of each section, the longer longitudinal fold linedefining flaps on the opposite side of each section.

2. A necktie having a front section and a rear section of lesser lengththan the front section, each section having front and rear faces, thefront face of the front section and the rear face of the rear sectionbeing arranged to face in the same direction when the tie is lying fiatso that both front faces face in the same direction when the tie isfolded along a transverse median line which divides the sections, thetie being formed from an elongated blank having a narrowed centralsection and a substantially straight fold line extending from end to endof said blank in a direction which is generally diagonal to a medianline disposed longitudinally of such blank and which intersects suchline at a point adjacent the transverse median line, and a shorterlongitudinal fold line at each end of the blank on opposite sidesthereof extending to a point beyond said transverse median line, suchshorter fold lines defining rear flaps on one side of each section, thelonger longitudinal fold line defining flaps on the opposite side ofeach section.

3. A necktie having front and rear sections, each having front and rearfaces, the front face of the front section and the rear face of the rearsection being arranged to face in the same direction when the tie islying fiat so that both front faces face in the same direction when thetie is folded along a transverse median line, the tie being formed froman elongated blank having a narrowed central section and a fold lineextending from end to end of said blank in a direction which isgenerally diagonal to a central median line disposed longitudinally ofsuch blank and which terminates on one side of said median line at oneend of the blank and on the other side of said median line at the otherend thereof, and a shorter longitudinal fold line at each end of theblank on opposite sides thereof extending to a point beyond saidtransverse median line, each of such shorter fold lines defining a rearflap on one side of each section in the finished necktie, such shorterfold lines intersecting each other at one point in the finished necktie,the longer longitudinal fold line defining flaps on the opposite side ofeach section.

4. A necktie having front and rear sections, each having front and rearfaces, the front face of the front section and the rear face of the rearsection being arranged to face in the same direction when the tie islying flat so that both front faces face in the same direction when thetie is folded along a transverse median line, the tie being formed froman elongated blank having a narrowed central section and a fold lineextending from end to end of said blank in a direction which isgenerally diagonal to a median line disposed longitudinally of suchblank and which intersects such line at a point adjacent the transversemedian line, and a shorter longitudinal fold line at each end of theblank on opposite sides thereof which inclines toward said first foldline and which extends to a point beyond said transverse median line,each of such shorter fcld lines defining a rear fiap on one side of suchsection in the finished necktie, such shorter fold lines intersectingeach other at one point only in the finished necktie, the firstlongitudinal fold line defining flaps on the op-, posite side of eachsection thereof.

5. A necktie having front and rear sections, each having front and rearfaces, the latter being formed by overlapping flaps, the front face ofthe front section and the rear face of the rear section being arrangedto face in the same direction when the tie is lying fiat so that bothfront faces face in the same direction when the tie is folded along atransverse median line, the tie being formed from an elongated blankhaving a narrowed central section disposed closer to the rear sectionthanthe front section, and a fold line extending from end to end of saidblank in a direction which is generally diagonal to a median linedisposed longitudinally of such blank and which intersects such medianline at a point adjacent the transverse median line, and a longitudinalfold line at each end of the blank on opposite sides thereof which isinclined inwardly until it reaches said transverse median line, suchfold lines defining the rear flaps on one side of each section, thefirst longitudinal fold line defining the flaps on the opposite side ofeach section and a liner which extends through the central section ofthe necktie.

6. A necktie having front and rear sections, each having front and rearfaces, the latter being formed by overlapping flaps, the front face ofthe front section and the rear face of the rear section being arrangedto face in the same direction when the tie is lying fiat so that bothfront faces face in the same direction when the tie is folded along atransverse median line, the

tie being formed from an elongated blank having a narrowed centralsection disposed closer to the rear section than the front section, anda fold line extending from end to end of said blank in a direction whichis generally diagonal to a median line disposed longitudinally of suchblank and which intersects such median line at a point adjacent thetransverse median line, and a longitudinal fold line at each end of theblank on opposite sides thereof which is inclined toward thelongitudinal median line until it reaches said transverse median line,such fold lines defining the rear fiaps on one side of each section,such fold lines continuing beyond said transverse median line to formfinished edges, the first longitudinal fold line defining the flaps onthe opposite side of each section.

ERNES'IINE RlNEHART.

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